Business Essays
“Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a condition that affects people who have experienced a dangerous or traumatic event. At one time, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was known as ‘shell shock,’ and occurred in men and woman who had been through battle. Today, we know that there are other events that can cause this condition such as: […]
Before the introduction of the internet, the music industry was way more different. To hear your favorite songs, you would have to drive all the way to the music store to buy your favorite CD, or wait for the song to come on the radio. These days, hours of streaming and downloading music is available […]
A dark amber smear on a piece of bread. A few bright drops into a hot cup of tea. A spoonful of a sweet golden liquid that you put straight into your mouth. However you eat it, honey puts a sweet taste in your mouth and a smile on your face. From the dark amber, […]
When using goods, the majority of people don’t consider where they came from or who produced them. Many are unaware that some of these products are actually made by children, who have been overworked, underpaid, and kept out of school. This is an issue known as child labour, and is defined as the full-time employment […]
I thought your article was interesting, and that you are talking about things besides Ipods and Star Wars. I welcome your comments to my comments. You were right: up until about a year ago, I believed in Christianity because my parents taught me it. But now, I’m at an age where I need to really […]
If a person is walking down a trail and sees an eccentric stone, he might pick it up, take a look at it, and throw it back into the woods. This action doesn’t disturb nature. If he sees a small turtle, he might watch it as it hides in its shell, and nature is again, […]
From the very beginning, we are told to be ourselves. Be yourself and you will make friends. Be yourself and you’ll do fine in life. This philosophy, however, is a paradox. By being told that we need to be unique individuals unlike anyone else is another way to conform children. It is the belief that […]
High school is known as the best years of your life. But senior year is known as the best year. This school year, high school seniors, the class of 2014, are anxiously waiting the benefits of being a senior to kick in, along with putting their plans for next year into motion. SchoolYears.com says, “Either […]
Jake sat down on his bed after a long day at school, the smell of sweat had consumed his room because it’s been a while since he last cleaned it. He turned on his TV and plugged in his gaming console, he inserted his favourite game in the disc slot and started playing his favourite […]
“Wisely judging that one token of shame would but poorly serve to hide another, she took the baby on her arm.” (Written in The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne. ) In the classic novel The Scarlet Letter, the baby, Pearl, first appears as a symbol of shame and sin. Pearl is the daughter of the […]
For the past two years, Ryan had won the horse races, and I always came second. Ryan was a tall kid who was a year older than me. Most of the time he was doing something on his expensive phone. He has his own horse which was brown and had a golden neck. Whenever he […]
The 2016 U.S. presidential elections have no doubt been on nearly every American’s mind. As in 2008, when the first African-American was elected president, the 2016 primaries could cement further milestones in American politics: the inauguration of the first female president, the first Jewish president, the first Hispanic-American president, and so forth. Meanwhile, the international […]
Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. Heart disease refers to a few different diseases, the most common one being coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease, also known as coronary artery disease, is the most common of diseases pertaining to the heart, affecting the lives of more than fifteen […]
“The lottery was conducted—as were the square dances, the teen club, the Halloween program—by Mr. Summers, who had time and energy to devote to civic activities” (Jackson). “Shirley Jackson was an American author. A popular writer in her time, her work has received increasing attention from literary critics in recent years. She has influenced such […]
The rolling hills and meandering streams of abundant Europe cover over a dark past; a mass grave of corpses young and old. The plague that killed them, aptly named the “Black Death,” haunted the streets throughout the fourteenth century to erase one-third of Europe’s population. Tremendous pain and suffering resulted in bringing humanities to a […]
The government, the violence, and the obsessions over appearances are some things Panem has and the modern day has. Panem and today’s world are so different and yet so similar. Have physical appearances taken over modern day and the appearances of the ones we know and love? Physical appearances have gone extreme and so has […]
Poetry is the art of expressing plausible and also untrue feelings through writing. Many people have used poetry to help themselves within the course of their lifetime. Although, not all people think and use poems this way. Some think they are a waste of their “valuable” time. Think of it as if the people who […]
Lies are used to create a false perception. The world is constructed from these lies, that protect and lies that produce profit. Lies from the governments, lies from corporations, and lies from leaders, all have one thing in common, they all are used for benefit, whether the lies are for the benefit of protection or […]
The Women’s Movement is a series of campaigns for reforms on issues such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, women’s suffrage, sexual harassment and sexual violence. The Women’s Movement began in the late 19th century and had three different waves. First-wave feminism was oriented around the middle or upper-class white women and […]
“Children have got to be free and lead their own lives. ” –Sebastian This quote means that eventually children have to be let go of, and take control of themselves, and cant hold on to someone else forever. Eventually we are going to grow up and lead our own lives, which is why it is […]
My high school is starting off the year turning their their “S. W.A.G. on”. Our new motto helps encourage students to work their hardest to be the better person in any situation they are involved in. Every teacher and staff member remind the students to show they got swag by wearing t-shirts, posting posters, and […]
In nineteenth-century France, a young playwright named Edmond Rostand romanticized the life of the minor author and historical figure called Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac with his play Cyrano de Bergerac.The setting is seventeenth-century Paris, France. During this time, France had what was known as the Preciosity movement, and the movement was an effort by men […]
Be Proactive: In band, we can be proactive by coming to class on time, having all of our necessary supplies with us, such as planner, pencils, and various sticks and/ or mallets, and being ready to play when the bell rings. Ahem, that means no traipsing into the band room humming Hedwig’s Theme at 10:19. […]
I hate dreaming. Dreams have a funny way about them. When I was thirteen and dreaming of becoming Queen of England, it was one of those funny kinds of dreams. It was my wedding day. There was even cake. The only tiny misleading factor was that I hadn’t quite gotten past my thirteen-year-old obsession with […]
Some of the most powerful and influential writings of our time came from the pen of John Locke. He expressed the view that government and people should both have a say in the running of their country. Locke’s ideas and beliefs were proven many times over a long span of history, even up to modern […]
When most people think of sickness, they instantly associate it with negative things. But aren’t there positives that come out of every bad situation? Shakespeare, I’m sure, would agree with this thought. The greatest and one of the most deadly plagues ravaged Europe during his days. This was the Bubonic Plague. It was contracted through […]
A poor old man sits alone in a room, without any friends due to his terrible breath and yellow teeth. He has lung cancer and one of his kidneys has already malfunctioned. He coughs with quite some effort and takes his last breath as a white cigarette sucks his life and soul away. Cigarettes. Such […]
Katniss, Tris, and Cassandra all have one thing in common, they are all female protagonists from modern dystopian novels. In the past few years, modern dystopian literature has become increasingly popular and so has the use of teenage girls as the protagonist. There has also been a drastic change in modern teenage girls beliefs. The […]
When someone asks you what you’re doing tomorrow do you know all the time or is it I’ll figure it out later?My answer is normally I’ll figure it out, but speaking about long terms I know I can’t do that. When I think about my future, the question of college normally pops up and whether […]
“Now, I’ll read the names—heads of families first—and then men come up and take a paper out of the box. Keep the paper folded in your hand without looking at it until everyone has had a turn. Everything clear?” Shirley Jackson was an American author in the mid-1900’s. A popular writer in her time, her […]
